Job Title: DATA SCIENTIST. Location: Champaign, Illinois. Monsanto Innovation Center - Let s Reimagine Together

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1 Job Title: DATA SCIENTIST Employees at the Innovation Center will help accelerate Monsanto s growth in emerging technologies and capabilities including engineering, data science, advanced analytics, operations research, phenomics, genomics, plant science and precision breeding technologies. At Monsanto, we believe connecting new talent, ideas and innovations accelerates the discovery needed to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and identify exciting ways to visualize data to drive actions and decisions that impact product development and farmers globally. Apply cutting edge advances in machine learning and AI to solve agriculture challenges Develop and invent innovative solutions Create engineering solutions around accessing, visualizing and analyzing peta bytes of data Solve complex system-level problems in agriculture Resolve complex issues in innovative, efficient and effective ways Create ground breaking solutions using data science and artificial intelligence Develop relationships with world class scientists Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: Python, R, Deep Learning, software interfacing to AWS services and machine learning

2 Job Title: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Employees at the Innovation Center will help accelerate Monsanto s growth in emerging technologies and capabilities including engineering, data science, advanced analytics, operations research, phenomics, genomics, plant science and precision breeding technologies. At Monsanto, we believe connecting new talent, ideas and innovations accelerates the discovery needed to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and design solutions to impact product development and farmers globally. Draw inspiration from individuals and solutions around you to solve unique problems Creatively apply your unique talents in science, math, and engineering Leverage your skills in electronics, control systems or programming to bring movement to designs Optimize your solutions with fervor until success is achieved Learn fast in an exciting, energetic environment Communicate and collaborate with world class engineers and problem solvers Refine your skills through circuit design, control system tuning, programming, safety system integration, and hands on testing See your efforts come to life and make a real difference Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: 2D CAD, control circuits/systems, PLC programming, communications networks, digital and/or analog I/O, motor sizing, safety systems, lighting, imaging, C/C#, ladder design

3 Job Title: GENOMIC DATA SCIENTIST to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future wave of scientists who will reshape how data science is applied to modern agriculture. Work as part of a multi-function team Discover new ways to explore genomic data and associate to phenotype and environmental datasets Generate new insights from massive datasets that lead to cutting edge applications in agriculture Define, categorize, and analyze hundreds of genomes to extract key regions of breeding value to re-define modern plant breeding Associate genomic information to phenomic information to drive decision making in modern agriculture research Make breakthrough discoveries with the insights and data manipulations from world class databases of genomic information Interact with some of the best Monsanto scientists across a range of disciplines to help guide and challenge you in your project Challenge the norms in thinking Engage in a flexible, fun, fast-paced and inclusive culture Skills in at least two of following areas are preferred: quantitative genetics, genomics, statistics, bioinformatics, programming or programming languages (R, Python, Perl), breeding, analytics, or computer engineering. Graduate level students or undergraduates with previous research experience preferred.

4 Job Title: IMAGE SENSOR SCIENTIST to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and identify exciting ways to visualize data to drive actions and decisions that impact product development and farmers globally. Work with humongous data sets collected from around the world Investigate brand new sensor technologies Imagine better solutions for data capture and utilization Analyze data to identify trends that drive new strategic decisions Communicate observations from trends to a broad audience Innovate your own sensor platforms and solutions Challenge the norms in data capture Learn fast in an exciting, energetic environment Develop relationships with world class scientists Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: QGIS, Python, R, Image Data Science, Plant Breeding

5 Job Title: MECHANICAL ENGINEER to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and design solutions that impact product development and farmers globally. Draw inspiration from individuals and solutions around you to solve unique problems Creatively apply your unique talents in science, math, and engineering Design and build concepts that inspire Optimize your solutions with fervor until success is achieved Learn fast in an exciting, energetic environment Communicate and collaborate with world class engineers and problem solvers Refine your skills through 3D design, simulation, fabrication, and hands on testing See your efforts come to life and make a real difference Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: 2D CAD, 3D CAD, simulation, subtractive and additive manufacturing, actuators, motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, safety systems, lighting, imaging.

6 Job Title: OPERATIONS RESEARCH DATA SCIENTIST to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and identify exciting ways to visualize data to drive actions and decisions that impact product development and farmers globally. Apply cutting edge advances in mathematical optimization and operations research to solve agriculture challenges Develop and invent innovative solutions Create engineering solutions around accessing, visualizing and analyzing peta bytes of data Solve complex system-level problems in agriculture Resolve complex issues in innovative, efficient and effective ways Create ground breaking solutions using data science and operations research Develop relationships with world class scientists Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: Python, CPLEX, Stochastic optimization methods, network optimization, multi objective optimization, optimizer design for high dimensional convex/non-convex problems, software interfacing to AWS.

7 Job Title: SOFTWARE ENGINEER to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and design solutions that impact product development and farmers globally.computer Scientist / Software Engineer Education level: Upper classman or graduate student Behaviors: You crank through your class assignments to focus on your side projects. You ve got your finger on the pulse of emerging technology and can predict what will and what won t catch on. You work collaboratively with your team as you know together you ll get more done. You bring a rebellious spirit to solving traditional problems. Testing is not an option. Skills: Full-Stack Developers (app dev): You dive into front-end technologies such as Node.js, React, Angular2, HTML5, CSS 3, etc. You understand the importance of creating responsive web experiences and have done so in the past. You are comfortable with languages such as Java, Go, Scala, and Python. Database experience with both relational database management systems as well as nosql and you know when to use each. You have deployed web apps or APIs to a cloud service such as AWS or OpenStack. You get GitHub and espouse the benefits of source control. VR-specific requirements: o You ve spent time learning Unity3D, Unreal, or another 3D gaming engine. o You have experience designing games or game-like experiences. o You can speak to what has and what hasn t worked in the VR space. This could include anything from types of experiences, to hardware, to how to keep people from getting sick while using VR. AI/Machine Learning-specific requirements: o Python is your best friend. o You ve used, or are interested in, Jupyter. o You have leveraged Machine Learning tools such as TensorFlow, Turi, and Amazon Machine Learning (AML). o You can explain how a Recurrent Neural Network works as well as talk about popular variants. o You ve leveraged GPU processing when training a model.

8 o You ve taken advantage of available cloud computing resources such as those provided by AWS, Azure, IBM, etc.

9 Job Title: UX DESIGNER to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and design solutions that impact product development and farmers globally. Who You Are You are an upbeat, solution-oriented, creative thinker, with a passion for design and user experience principles in all media. You are a life-long learner. You live and breathe design, have a contagious work ethic with an impeccable attention to detail. You strive to produce the work at the highest quality standards and absorb design knowledge and trends. What You'll Do Concepting - In partnership with the team, own creation of wireframes, user journeys, flow charts, use cases and prototypes. Design - Leverages a competent understanding of user interface design and visual design fundamentals and techniques in generating an effective range of layouts for all elements of the creative solution that address project objectives while considering technology requirements. Collaboration - Works enthusiastically, respectfully and collaboratively with other project team members, has a clear understanding of how a project team operates, their responsibilities throughout a project and what is expected in work review and team meetings. What You Need to Know Advanced command of standard design and layout applications (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and HTML5 and CSS. Demonstrated ability to utilize feedback/direction from Product Owner and Users to generate design explorations and iterate to the satisfaction of the project lead. Minimum Qualifications

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11 Job Title: GRAPHIC DESIGN & VISUALIZATION to feed and sustain our world. Be part of the future of agriculture and identify exciting ways to visualize data to drive actions and decisions that impact on product development and farmers globally. Find a simple way to share complex data and insights through visualizations Work with humongous data sets collected from around the world to drive recommendations Enable data driven decisions with a global impact Imagine better solutions for data capture and utilization Analyze data to identify trends that drive new strategic decisions Learn fast in an exciting, energetic environment Develop relationships with world class scientists Create awesome ways to drive decisions and visualize operations Communicate observations from trends to a broad audience Learn to use visualization software, pipeline pilot, APIs to collate complicated data Skills in at least two of the following areas are preferred: programming, data visualization, data analysis, computer science, communication, collaboration.